Tag Archives: Obama
Nairobi Mall Massacre, Obama Says Try Again
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Mall Terror: The standoff between the military and a group of terrorists continued throughout the night at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi. An estimated 10-15 attackers are still in the mall. Witnesses to the massacre yesterday said the …
Nairobi Terror, EPA Sets Greenhouse Limits
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Nairobi Shootout: A suspected terrorist attack on an upscale Nairobi shopping center today has left up to 20 people dead, according to the Red Cross. Reports say the attackers threw grenades and targeted non-Muslims in the Westgate shopping mall, which …
Food Stamps Targeted, Pope Speaks
Friday, September 20, 2013
No Soup: The House yesterday passed a bill that would cut $40 billion from food stamps over the next 10 years. The law would also require adults 18-50 with underage children to get a job or job training while limiting …
Fed Surprises, Shutdown Coming
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Econ 101: Stocks flirted with a record close yesterday after the Federal Reserve announced it will continue to prop up the economy with $85 billion a month in new treasury bonds. Analysts were expecting the beginning of “the taper”, with …
Feds Move In, Georgia Kidnapping, Poverty Up
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
New Landlord: The US is moving to seize a 36-story 5th Avenue building the Justice Department says is owned by a front for the Iranian government. A federal judge ruled that the owners of the building had violated money laundering …
UN Says It Was Sarin, Navy Yard Shooting
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
ChemWeps: The UN weapons report says chemical weapons have been used in the Syrian civil war “on a relatively large scale.” The report does not say which side used nerve gas in the Aug. 21 attack, but it does say, …
Putin Scolds, AMC Folds
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Putin Says: Writing in today’s NY Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin takes on the mantle of peacemaker in the Syrian crisis saying, “A strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism.” Putin said the US must go …
Delay the Vote, Take the Weapons
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Syria: President Obama yesterday asked Congress to delay voting on authorization to attack while the administration evaluates a Russian proposal for Syrian chemical weapons to be turned over to international control. Urging caution in a live speech to the nation …
Syria Solution on the Table
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Syria: Russia and Syria appear to have seized on an offhand remark by Secy. of State John Kerry to reach a political solution for the Syrian chemical weapons crisis in which Russia would take and dispose of Syria’s chemical weapons. …
Graphic Video, NSA Cracks, Tokyo Summer
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Syria: The White House has released graphic video of victims in the Aug. 21 Syrian gas attack as the administration continues to press its case for an attack. The pictures show victims, some of them children, convulsing and foaming at …